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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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million metric tons per year in the United States alone; and. (By The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return. By the way, and for point of reference) there are some 47 million active American birders.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. Feeding bans don’t stop cats from “multiplying”; neutering does.

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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

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Project Treadstone If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county's Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the original $15), and Pahokee ($25/cat) is open as well. EDELMAN Political Lang. 1960 New Left Rev. 1937 ‘G.